Laravel-Tests mit TDD
Testgetriebene Entwicklung für Laravel-Anwendungen mit PHPUnit, Pest, Laravel-Factories und Test-Helfern.
Wann aktivieren
- Beim Schreiben neuer Laravel-Anwendungen oder -Funktionen
- Beim Implementieren von API-Endpunkten mit Sanctum oder Passport-Authentifizierung
- Beim Testen von Eloquent-Modellen, Beziehungen, Scopes und Accessoren
- Beim Einrichten der Testinfrastruktur für Laravel-Projekte
- Beim Schreiben von Feature-Tests für HTTP-Controller und Formular-Requests
- Beim Mocken externer Dienste (Queues, Mail, Benachrichtigungen, HTTP)
TDD-Workflow für Laravel
Rot-Grün-Refaktor-Zyklus
// Schritt 1: ROT — Einen fehlschlagenden Test schreiben
public function test_a_product_can_be_created(): void
{
$product = Product::factory()->create(['name' => 'Test Product']);
$this->assertDatabaseHas('products', ['name' => 'Test Product']);
}
// Schritt 2: GRÜN — Migration, Modell und Factory schreiben
// Schritt 3: REFAKTOR — Verbessern, während die Tests grün bleiben
Einrichtung
PHPUnit-Konfiguration
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="vendor/phpunit/phpunit/phpunit.xsd"
bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
colors="true">
<testsuites>
<testsuite name="Unit">
<directory suffix="Test.php">tests/Unit</directory>
</testsuite>
<testsuite name="Feature">
<directory suffix="Test.php">tests/Feature</directory>
</testsuite>
</testsuites>
<php>
<env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
<env name="BCRYPT_ROUNDS" value="4"/>
<env name="CACHE_STORE" value="array"/>
<env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
<env name="DB_DATABASE" value=":memory:"/>
<env name="MAIL_MAILER" value="array"/>
<env name="QUEUE_CONNECTION" value="sync"/>
<env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>
</php>
</phpunit>
Basis-Testcase-Setup
namespace Tests;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as BaseTestCase;
abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
{
protected function setUp(): void
{
parent::setUp();
// Rufen Sie $this->withoutExceptionHandling() nur in Tests auf, die
// Nicht-HTTP-Ausnahmen testen; es unterdrückt assertStatus() usw.
}
// Helfer: Authentifizieren und Benutzer zurückgeben
protected function actingAsUser(): mixed
{
$user = \App\Models\User::factory()->create();
$this->actingAs($user);
return $user;
}
protected function actingAsAdmin(): mixed
{
$admin = \App\Models\User::factory()->admin()->create();
$this->actingAs($admin);
return $admin;
}
}
Modell-Factories
// database/factories/UserFactory.php
class UserFactory extends Factory
{
protected static ?string $password = null;
public function definition(): array
{
return [
'name' => fake()->name(),
'email' => fake()->unique()->safeEmail(),
'email_verified_at' => now(),
'password' => static::$password ??= Hash::make('password'),
'remember_token' => Str::random(10),
'role' => 'user',
];
}
public function admin(): static
{
return $this->state(fn (array $attributes) => ['role' => 'admin']);
}
public function unverified(): static
{
return $this->state(fn (array $attributes) => ['email_verified_at' => null]);
}
}
// database/factories/ProductFactory.php
class ProductFactory extends Factory
{
public function definition(): array
{
return [
'name' => fake()->unique()->words(3, true),
'slug' => fn (array $attrs) => Str::slug($attrs['name']),
'description' => fake()->paragraph(),
'price' => fake()->numberBetween(100, 100000),
'stock' => fake()->numberBetween(0, 100),
'is_active' => true,
'user_id' => UserFactory::new(),
];
}
public function outOfStock(): static
{
return $this->state(fn (array $attributes) => ['stock' => 0]);
}
}
Factories verwenden
$user = User::factory()->create();
$admin = User::factory()->admin()->create();
$product = Product::factory()->create(['user_id' => $user->id]);
$products = Product::factory()->count(10)->create();
$draft = Product::factory()->make(); // Nicht persistiert
// Mit Beziehungen
$user = User::factory()->has(Product::factory()->count(3))->create();
// Sequenzen
User::factory()->count(3)->sequence(
['role' => 'admin'], ['role' => 'editor'], ['role' => 'user'],
)->create();
Modell-Tests
namespace Tests\Unit\Models;
use App\Models\User;
use App\Models\Product;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Tests\TestCase;
class UserTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
public function test_it_hides_sensitive_attributes(): void
{
$user = User::factory()->create();
$this->assertArrayNotHasKey('password', $user->toArray());
}
public function test_admin_scope_returns_only_admins(): void
{
User::factory()->admin()->create();
User::factory()->count(3)->create();
$this->assertCount(1, User::admin()->get());
}
}
class ProductTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
public function test_active_scope_filters_correctly(): void
{
Product::factory()->count(3)->create(['is_active' => true]);
Product::factory()->count(2)->create(['is_active' => false]);
$this->assertCount(3, Product::active()->get());
}
public function test_it_belongs_to_a_user(): void
{
$user = User::factory()->create();
$product = Product::factory()->create(['user_id' => $user->id]);
$this->assertTrue($product->user->is($user));
}
}
Feature-/HTTP-Tests
namespace Tests\Feature\Http\Controllers;
use App\Models\Product;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Tests\TestCase;
class ProductControllerTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
public function test_guests_are_redirected_to_login(): void
{
$this->get(route('products.create'))->assertRedirect(route('login'));
}
public function test_it_stores_a_new_product(): void
{
$user = User::factory()->create();
$this->actingAs($user);
$response = $this->post(route('products.store'), [
'name' => 'New Product',
'description' => 'Description',
'price' => 2999,
'stock' => 10,
]);
$response->assertRedirect(route('products.index'));
$this->assertDatabaseHas('products', [
'name' => 'New Product',
'user_id' => $user->id,
]);
}
public function test_it_validates_required_fields(): void
{
$this->actingAs(User::factory()->create());
$this->post(route('products.store'), [])
->assertSessionHasErrors(['name', 'price']);
}
public function test_users_cannot_modify_others_products(): void
{
$owner = User::factory()->create();
$attacker = User::factory()->create();
$product = Product::factory()->create(['user_id' => $owner->id]);
$this->actingAs($attacker)
->delete(route('products.destroy', $product))
->assertForbidden();
}
}
JSON-API-Tests
namespace Tests\Feature\Http\Controllers\Api;
use App\Models\Product;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Tests\TestCase;
class ProductApiTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
public function test_unauthenticated_requests_are_rejected(): void
{
$this->getJson('/api/products')->assertUnauthorized();
}
public function test_it_lists_paginated_products(): void
{
$user = User::factory()->create();
Product::factory()->count(5)->create(['user_id' => $user->id]);
$response = $this->actingAs($user)->getJson('/api/products');
$response->assertOk();
$response->assertJsonCount(5, 'data');
$response->assertJsonStructure([
'data' => [['id', 'name', 'price']],
'meta' => ['current_page', 'last_page', 'total'],
]);
}
public function test_it_creates_a_product(): void
{
$user = User::factory()->create();
$response = $this->actingAs($user)->postJson('/api/products', [
'name' => 'API Product',
'price' => 4999,
]);
$response->assertCreated();
$response->assertJsonPath('data.name', 'API Product');
}
public function test_users_cannot_delete_others_products(): void
{
$owner = User::factory()->create();
$attacker = User::factory()->create();
$product = Product::factory()->create(['user_id' => $owner->id]);
$this->actingAs($attacker)
->deleteJson("/api/products/{$product->id}")
->assertForbidden();
}
}
Sanctum-API-Auth-Tests
namespace Tests\Feature\Http\Controllers\Api;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Tests\TestCase;
class AuthControllerTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
public function test_users_can_register(): void
{
$response = $this->postJson('/api/register', [
'name' => 'Test User',
'email' => '[email protected]',
'password' => 'Password123!',
'password_confirmation' => 'Password123!',
]);
$response->assertCreated();
$response->assertJsonStructure(['data' => ['user', 'token']]);
}
public function test_users_can_login(): void
{
User::factory()->create([
'email' => '[email protected]',
'password' => Hash::make('Password123!'),
]);
$response = $this->postJson('/api/login', [
'email' => '[email protected]',
'password' => 'Password123!',
]);
$response->assertOk();
$response->assertJsonStructure(['data' => ['token']]);
}
public function test_users_cannot_login_with_wrong_password(): void
{
User::factory()->create(['email' => '[email protected]']);
$this->postJson('/api/login', [
'email' => '[email protected]',
'password' => 'wrong',
])->assertUnprocessable();
}
public function test_token_bearer_authenticates_requests(): void
{
$user = User::factory()->create();
$token = $user->createToken('test')->plainTextToken;
$this->withToken($token)
->getJson('/api/user')
->assertOk()
->assertJsonPath('data.email', $user->email);
}
}
Mocken und Fakes
HTTP-Fake
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
public function test_it_handles_successful_payment(): void
{
Http::fake([
'api.stripe.com/*' => Http::response(['id' => 'pi_123', 'status' => 'succeeded'], 200),
]);
$result = (new PaymentService())->charge(2999);
$this->assertTrue($result->success);
}
public function test_it_handles_gateway_failure(): void
{
Http::fake([
'api.stripe.com/*' => Http::response(['error' => 'card_declined'], 402),
]);
$this->expectException(PaymentFailedException::class);
(new PaymentService())->charge(2999);
}
public function test_it_retries_on_timeout(): void
{
Http::fake([
'api.stripe.com/*' => Http::sequence()
->pushStatus(408)
->pushStatus(200),
]);
$this->assertTrue((new PaymentService())->charge(2999)->success);
}
Mail-Fake
Mail::fake();
$order->sendConfirmation();
Mail::assertSent(OrderConfirmation::class, function ($mail) use ($order) {
return $mail->hasTo($order->user->email);
});
Benachrichtigungs-Fake
Notification::fake();
$user->notify(new WelcomeUser());
Notification::assertSentTo($user, WelcomeUser::class);
Queue-Fake
Queue::fake();
ProcessImage::dispatch($product);
Queue::assertPushed(ProcessImage::class, function ($job) use ($product) {
return $job->product->id === $product->id;
});
Storage-Fake
Storage::fake('public');
$file = UploadedFile::fake()->image('photo.jpg', 200, 200);
$response = $this->actingAs($user)->post('/avatar', [
'avatar' => $file,
]);
$response->assertSessionHasNoErrors();
Storage::disk('public')->assertExists('avatars/' . $file->hashName());
Event-Fake
Event::fake();
$order->markAsShipped();
Event::assertDispatched(OrderShipped::class, function ($event) use ($order) {
return $event->order->id === $order->id;
});
Artisan-Befehls-Tests
public function test_it_sends_newsletters(): void
{
Mail::fake();
User::factory()->count(5)->create(['subscribed' => true]);
$this->artisan('newsletter:send')
->expectsOutput('Sending newsletter to 5 subscribers...')
->assertExitCode(0);
Mail::assertSent(NewsletterMail::class, 5);
}
public function test_it_handles_no_subscribers(): void
{
$this->artisan('newsletter:send')
->expectsOutput('No subscribers found.')
->assertExitCode(0);
}
Autorisierungstests
public function test_users_can_update_own_posts(): void
{
$user = User::factory()->create();
$post = Post::factory()->create(['user_id' => $user->id]);
$this->actingAs($user)
->put(route('posts.update', $post), ['title' => 'Updated'])
->assertRedirect();
}
public function test_users_cannot_update_others_posts(): void
{
$post = Post::factory()->create();
$this->actingAs(User::factory()->create())
->put(route('posts.update', $post), ['title' => 'Hacked'])
->assertForbidden();
}
Codeabdeckung
# Mit phpdbg (empfohlen)
phpdbg -qrr vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-html coverage
# Mit Xdebug
php -d xdebug.mode=coverage vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-html coverage
# Minimale Abdeckung erzwingen
php vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-min=80
tests/Feature/CoverageTest.php
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Tests\TestCase;
class CoverageTest extends TestCase
{
use RefreshDatabase;
public function test_all_commands_have_tests(): void
{
$commands = collect(Artisan::all())
->reject(fn ($command) => str_starts_with($command->getName(), '_'))
->pluck('getName');
$testMethods = collect(get_class_methods($this))
->filter(fn ($method) => str_starts_with($method, 'test_'));
$covered = $commands->every(function ($name) use ($testMethods) {
return $testMethods->contains(fn ($method) => str_contains($method, $name));
});
$this->assertTrue($covered, 'Nicht alle Artisan-Befehle haben korrespondierende Tests.');
}
}
Pest-Beispiele
// tests/Feature/ProductTest.php
uses(RefreshDatabase::class);
test('Gäste werden zur Anmeldeseite umgeleitet', function () {
$this->get(route('products.create'))
->assertRedirect(route('login'));
});
test('ein Produkt kann erstellt werden', function () {
actingAsUser()
->post(route('products.store'), [
'name' => 'Test Produkt',
'price' => 1999,
])
->assertRedirect(route('products.index'));
$this->assertDatabaseHas('products', ['name' => 'Test Produkt']);
});
test('erforderliche Felder werden validiert', function () {
actingAsUser()
->post(route('products.store'), [])
->assertSessionHasErrors(['name', 'price']);
});
test('Benutzer können keine Produkte anderer ändern', function () {
$owner = User::factory()->create();
$product = Product::factory()->create(['user_id' => $owner->id]);
actingAsUser()
->delete(route('products.destroy', $product))
->assertForbidden();
});
test('Produktkatalog ist paginiert', function () {
Product::factory()->count(30)->create();
actingAsUser()
->get('/api/products')
->assertOk()
->assertJsonCount(15, 'data')
->assertJsonStructure(['data', 'meta']);
});
test('Admin kann Produkte löschen', function () {
$admin = User::factory()->admin()->create();
$product = Product::factory()->create();
$this->actingAs($admin)
->delete(route('products.destroy', $product))
->assertRedirect();
});
Tipps für Laravel-Feature-Tests
- Verwenden Sie
withoutExceptionHandling()nur, wenn Sie Frameworks-Meldungen für erwartete Ausnahmen testen. Andernfalls lassen Sie es aus, damitassertStatus()und andere Assertions korrekt funktionieren. - Bevorzugen Sie
assertDatabaseHas()/assertDatabaseMissing()gegenüber direkten DB-Abfragen, um die Lesbarkeit zu erhöhen. - Testen Sie nur die Logik, die Sie besitzen. Mocken Sie Stripe, Mailgun, Slack und andere Dienste von Drittanbietern.
- Verwenden Sie
RefreshDatabasefür Feature-Tests, aber vermeiden Sie es bei Unit-Tests für Geschäftslogik, die keine Datenbank benötigen. - Schreiben Sie Tests vor dem Code, um eine bessere Architektur zu erzielen und Kopplung zu reduzieren.
- Verwenden Sie
Notification::fake()undEvent::fake(), um Seiteneffekte in HTTP-Tests zu vermeiden. - Lagern Sie Test-Helfer, die Factorys oder HTTP-Double verwenden, aus, um sie in mehreren Testsuiten wiederzuverwenden.
- Halten Sie Tests klein und fokussiert: Jeder Test sollte genau eine Sache überprüfen.
- Nutzen Sie
assertJsonPath()für API-Tests:$response->assertJsonPath('data.email', $user->email). - Verwenden Sie Sequenzen in Factorys, um unterschiedliche Zustände zu testen, z. B.
['role' => 'admin']und['role' => 'user'].